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Inspired
Inspired is the nation's leading public radio show about faith, ethics and spirituality. Each week we offer you analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of Orthodox Jewish artists and African-American atheists, Muslim feminists and spiritual seekers. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore.
Father Flannery: Our Conscience is What Makes Us Human
It’s one of the oldest dilemmas in the Catholic Church: when a priest’s own conscience conflicts with his vow of obedience. In 2012, Father Tony Flannery confronted this problem for himself, when he publicly challenged key church teachings on the priesthood, women’s ordination and homosexuality, and was promptly silenced by the Vatican. For him, an informed conscience is the ultimate guide; right and wrong must be discerned from the inside out.
Father Petri: Be Docile to What the Saints Have Said
An informed conscience is not simply your own personal opinion, Father Thomas Petri tells us. Conscience is formed in relation to the Church, trusting the wisdom of the saints and Church Fathers. Explaining the standard doctrine, he says that as a public figure and representative of the Catholic Church, Father Flannery had a duty to work out his issues in private.
Need a Religious Exemption to Vaccinations? Sign Here…
Today, 48 states allow a religious exemption from vaccines, and in nine of those states, it’s as simple as getting a parent’s signature–kind of like a field trip permission form. Despite the fact that no major religion directly forbids vaccines, the number of parents opting out their children for religious reasons is on the rise. So, who are these parents? From February 2013.
